15 My guests and my female servants think of me as a stranger. They look at me as if I were an outsider.
16 I send for my servant, but he doesn't answer. He doesn't come, even though I beg him to.
17 My wife can't stand the way my breath smells. My own relatives won't have anything to do with me.
18 Even little children laugh at me. When I appear, they make fun of me.
19 All of my close friends hate me. Those I love have turned against me.
20 I'm nothing but skin and bones. I've only escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21 "Have pity on me, my friends! Please have pity! God has struck me down with his powerful hand.